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Capitol Theatre  
Address 1508 3rd Avenue
Opening Night Seating Capacity 400
Original Theatre Owner unknown
Original Theatre Architect unknown
Years of Operation unknown (operated circa 1924 through at least the 1940s)
Type of Musical Accompaniment Kimball theatre pipe organ
Current Status Demolished

The Capitol Theatre installed a Kimball theatre pipe organ in 1924. Organist Mary Ward played at the Capitol in 1925.

Showing 1-3 December 1929, Jealousy (1929); 4-5 December 1929, Evangeline (1929); 6-7 December 1929, Behind That Curtain (1929); 8 December 1929, Drag (1929).

The Capitol Theatre later operated, beginning in the 1940s, as the Telenews Theatre.

The Capitol was located at the northeast corner of 3rd Avenue at Pike Street, current site of a high-rise office building. A Shoe Pavilion retail store currently occupies the street level location of the former Capitol Theatre entrance.

References: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 590 : Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1 December 1929, p. 8E; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3 December 1929, p. 9; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4 December 1929, p. 15; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 6 December 1929, p. 12; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 7 December 1929, p. 7 : Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society website.

 

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